Steel Dynasty - Chapter 838

[Chapter 837 Xiao Zao]

Song Changping sighed as he watched Xiao Ming keep fiddling with the breech-loaded musket.

In the past, he was somewhat complacent because of musket shooting, but this time the difficult process of manufacturing breech-loading guns made him understand that without an industrial foundation, he would have no theory and nothing could be done.

Especially things like lathes. In his view, these different types of lathes are simply the foundation of Da Yu’s industry, because without these lathes to produce high-precision spare parts, many machines cannot be manufactured at all.

“The lathe is so important. I ignored it before.” Song Changping was a little ashamed. “In the past, the parts of the flintlock gun were slightly rough and still usable, but the more complex the mechanism, the higher the precision of the lathe.”

Xiao Ming smiled. He smiled and said, “You are right this time, but you don’t have to worry. Qingzhou University has always had related lathe experiments.”

Lin Wentao has always been in charge of lathes. After all, Lin Wentao has been dealing with machinery, steam engines, harvesters, etc. , he needs more sophisticated lathes to produce accessories than Song Changping.

After talking about the current progress and difficulties of the breech-loading gun, Song Changping’s goal was achieved. He stretched out his hand and said: “Your Majesty, I will go back and slightly improve this breech-loading gun. In addition, the breech-loading gun’s Title? “

“This gun is based on the Zhenglu Fire Gun, so let’s call it the Zhenglu Fire Gun. After all, the Zhenglu Fire Gun is not a certain type of firearm, but a series,” Xiao Ming said thoughtfully.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Song Changping still stretched out his hand.

Seeing this, Li San said: “Changping, please leave this breech-loading gun to our secret guards. We have very important things to do.”

After hearing this, Song Changping said without hesitation; “No, you secret guards You must be doing something extremely dangerous if you

want this gun. What will happen if this gun falls into the hands of the enemy?

Blow up.” Li San said seriously.

Unlike being smooth-talking with officials, Li San has always been honest when facing people like Song Changping. After all, officials will be afraid of him, but people like Song Changping will not be afraid of him.

After hearing this, Song Changping looked at Xiao Ming, waiting for Xiao Ming’s explanation.

At this time, Xiao Ming had thoroughly understood this gun. Song Changping had said all day long that this gun had a complex structure and was extremely difficult to manufacture. Even if it fell into the hands of the enemy, it would be very slow to produce.

But even so, Xiao Ming did not dare to take this risk. The advent of the breech-loading gun era would mean that trench warfare would become the mainstream, and the duration of the war would then be greatly extended.

After pondering for a while, he said to Li San: “Remember, once exposed, this gun must be destroyed as soon as possible, especially the gun mechanism.”

Xiao Ming’s expression was solemn, and Song Changping could tell that the secret guard must be trying to When performing a major task, he said: “The main thing is to lock it. Whether it is blown up or demolished, the complete hinge structure must not be left behind.”

Li San’s expression became serious, and he knew the seriousness of losing this musket.

“Yes, Your Majesty, this time the Secret Guard will send the most elite assassins to Lin’an. They will make plans before taking action. I will not take action without an absolute guarantee.” Li San said solemnly.

“The King of Chu has always liked hunting. He goes to Qianming Mountain every autumn to hunt. You may be able to choose this time and use mines at the same time.” Xiao Ming said lightly.

If the King of Chu does not die now, he will become the protective umbrella of the Cao family and lead the Chu country to the point of no return. The war at that time will inevitably cause more casualties.

If the King of Chu could be easily eliminated by killing the King of Chu alone, then he would be happy to do so. Therefore, this time he would send secret guards to assassinate the King of Chu, regardless of whether they had breech-loading guns or not.

Of course, he also knew that the King of Chu and the Cao family must always be ready to assassinate him. After all, politics is about gangsters taking advantage of gangsters.

After deciding on the matter, Xiao Ming asked Li San to go back, and at the same time told Song Changping to modify some captive muskets to prepare for war.

Today, the country of Chongqing is surrounded by enemies. If we do not launch a war of weapons, the continuous increase in casualties will hinder the country’s external expansion.

Moreover, any so-called small country around the Great Chongqing is actually a big country in the world, and the surrounding environment of the Great Chongqing is not bad.

The two left, and Xiao Ming asked Qian Dafu to call Lin Wentao.

If the industry of Dayu wants to go further, it must improve the accuracy of machine tools as a whole, especially now that electricity has made progress and the future of the second industrial revolution can already be seen.

After waiting for a while, Lin Wentao was led by Qian Dafu to the imperial study room.

After saluting, Lin Wentao waited for Xiao Ming’s instructions.

“I called you here this time to open a small stove for you. Today you will understand what precision machine tools are and the production of such machine tools. At the same time, I will also teach you more mechanical structures.”

Xiao Ming got straight to the point, a country There are many talents needed, but the brightest ones are often a few top talents. These people can be called geniuses.

They are extremely good at a certain aspect and very smart. They can quickly master whatever they learn. Lin Wentao is obviously such a talent.

Because of this, Xiao Ming plans to turn Lin Wentao into a mechanical genius in the Chongqing Kingdom to offset the emerging scientific geeks in Europe.

Like the present day, Europe during this period also had a large number of talents, and various scientific theories were in a period of perfection.

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Lin Wentao suddenly became excited after hearing this.

His admiration for Xiao Ming comes not only from the imperial power, but also from the vast knowledge that Xiao Ming possesses.

Xiao Ming, who was personally involved in promoting the technology of Da Yu into the city, was not lazy either. He carefully explained the types and structures of precision machine tools to Lin Wentao.

Generally speaking, with the emergence of steam engines, the accuracy of machine tools has become more and more precise in order to adapt to production. In order to meet this requirement, he must produce gantry planers.

This type of planer is mainly used for planing large workpieces and is an industrial base machine. The working principle of the gantry planer is to carry the workpiece through a frame like a gate for linear reciprocating motion. Two vertical tool holders are generally installed on the beams of the frame. The base of this kind of tool holder can slide. When cutting, it moves horizontally like cutting meat to cut the workpiece into the desired size.

In addition to the gantry planer, Xiao Ming also explained to Lin Wentao the universal cylindrical grinder, gear hobbing machine and gear shaping machine. Among them, the cylindrical grinder is a cylindrical grinder that processes the outer surface and shaft shoulders of cylindrical, conical or other shapes. The end face grinder and gear hobbing machine are lathes used to produce gears and sprockets. Bicycle chains must use this kind of lathe, while the gear shaper is used to finely polish the shape of the gears.

In addition, the most important thing is to manufacture length measuring machines and contour machines that ensure accuracy this time.

(End of chapter)